Thursday September 11 2014 - J&P Cleaners Ribbon Cutting

First Healthy Green Cleaning Shop Opens in Jamaica Plain
J&P Cleaners Switches from Using Perchloroethylene to Professional Wet Cleaning

J&P Cleaners, the first dry cleaner in Jamaica Plain to make the switch from using perchloroethylene (perc) to professional wet cleaning, will celebrate the grand opening of its shop with a ribbon cutting open to the public on:
Thursday, Sept. 11
5:30 to 7 p.m.
300B Centre Street, Jamaica Plain. 

Professional wet cleaning is a proven, effective and safer replacement to perc, a ‘likely human carcinogen’ as characterized by the Environment Protection Agency. To help fund the conversion and purchase of new equipment, the small family-owned business received a $15,000 grant from the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) at UMass Lowell and raised more than $18,000 from community members through a Kickstarter crowd sourcing campaign.